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wide open? hi, i'm chris matthews. welcome to the show. tina brown is editor of thedailybeast.com.bobwoodwardis associate editor of "the washington post." gloria borger is senior political analyst for cnn and joe kleine is a columnist for "time" magazine. the excitement of the news business runs in the american bloodstream. movies celebrated newspapers and on tv, we love watching this. >> mr. white -- >> who gave you permission to barge in like a bull? >> there's a dirigible with a guy hanging over a rope. >> you get down there, lois, and assign a tote graffer. two of them -- a photographer. two of them. chris: we're down to 1,400 ilies. this year alone five including denver's rocky mountain news and the seattle post intelligencer have printed their own obituaries. major cities like san francisco and boston may soon face a future without a single daily broad sheet. "the san francisco chronicle" and "the boston globe" are in big trouble. they're institutions really, as much part of those santos as rice-a-roni. bob, we're getting down to it. in the seven years this program has been on

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andonlybobsagetis in the house. [ cheers and applause ] wow. love him. he's so funny. great guy. also we have anthony mackie from "the hurt locker." [ cheers d applause ] that movie is good. that's a lot of -- it's getting great reviews, that movie. also we got stand-up comedy from john mulaney, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] really funny dude. >> steve: what a lovely man. >> jimmy: he's not making his network appearance is he? no, he's been on tv a bunch of times. was he in the sitcom "soap"? >> steve: yeah, he was, with billy crystal. >> jimmy: billy crystal, back in the '70s. >> steve: yep, he was 2. >> jimmy: cool, he was 2 years old. [ laughter ] and today is friday. d that's when i usually -- i catch up on some personal stuff and i check my inbox, return some e-mails -- and, of course, i send out my thank you notes. well, i'm running a bit behind today. i thought that, if you wouldn't mind, i'd love to write out my weekly thank you notes right now. is that cool? the roots -- [ cheers and applause ] let's get some thank you music. ♪ [ laughter ] that's beautiful. "tha

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biggestslowdown.bobfeelsthe effect just driving from mclain to tyson. >> it just -- it doubles the commute. even a 15-minute commute has turned into 25 or 30. it's pretty bad. >> reporter: it's going to get worse before it gets better. vdot will continue to try to get word out in advance of closures knowing not everyone will drive in prepared. >> even though we take time to knock on doors and all the businesses to get the word out, sometimes folks come through that are not looking for the closure. they don't make it. so they get down to the ramp that they're supposed to take and it's just not available. so we had a lot of that this morning. >> now, drivers who do not want to get caught for -- by surprise can sign up for alerts from vdot. go to vamegaprojects.com. those alerts will come in any time there is a change in the road patterns out here. once drivers get into the tyson area, the battle is not over. we'll show you those other roadblocks coming up on "news4 at 6." back to you now. >> what a mess. at least it's august. thank you, jewelry. >>> police in prince georges county ar

biggest slowdown. bob feels the effect just driving from mclain to tyson. >> it just -- it doubles the commute. even a 15-minute commute has turned into 25 or 30. it's pretty bad. >> reporter: it's going to get worse before it gets better. vdot will continue to try to get word out in advance of closures knowing not everyone will drive in prepared. >> even though we take time to knock on doors and all the businesses to get the word out, sometimes folks come through that are...

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will join new a couple of minutes. >> we will see youthen.bob, thankyou. >>> tonight there could very well be two more victims of the tough economic times. a couple caught in desperate financial straits has ended up dead in the home they were about to lose. pat collins has the story. >> reporter: found dead in their home last night. they expected to be evicted from the place today. pictures and candles and flowers and prayers, friends gathered at the home of juliere and wallacen memory of this couple. this couple who lived in this williams town neighborhood for well over a decade. >> when i heard what happened, i is just -- eporter: julie and wallace say they had fallen on hard times and got behind on>> their paymen t, onsobeo evicted from their home. julie and wallace faye, found dead inside their house last night. police are calling it a murder have been suicide. >> she said she didn't know what she was going to do. >> reporter: the fays' house is on the corner. it is the house on the block that everybody took notice of. it is the house that's decorated top to bottom every chri

will join new a couple of minutes. >> we will see you then. bob, thank you. >>> tonight there could very well be two more victims of the tough economic times. a couple caught in desperate financial straits has ended up dead in the home they were about to lose. pat collins has the story. >> reporter: found dead in their home last night. they expected to be evicted from the place today. pictures and candles and flowers and prayers, friends gathered at the home of juliere and...

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news4. >> we thank you for watching. stay rightthere.bobreturnswith the up-to-the minute details on our severe weather. eun joins jim vance effects for "news4 at 6:00." >>> we are learning more of an own of a d.c. pizza shop who was found murdered in his store. >> car dealers are stopping cash for clunkers deal. >>> federal officials urging businesses to make preparations now and expected outbreaks of the swine flu. there are some storms moving through the area this evening. good evening. i'm jim vance. >> i'm eun yang in for doreen gentzler. >> tornado warnings, some rorth of funnel clouds in st. mary's county and many reports of large hail and damage. now you can see that line and it is still a ferocious, as you can see, intense line of thunderstorms. now just moving out into the bay and i will briefly take off the radar. there you can see the last tip of extreme southern tip of st. mary's county. just past st. mary's city. hays beach and spots like that, you are still catching it. another couple minutes and it will be moving out into the bay. but it has been an afterno

news4. >> we thank you for watching. stay right there. bob returns with the up-to-the minute details on our severe weather. eun joins jim vance effects for "news4 at 6:00." >>> we are learning more of an own of a d.c. pizza shop who was found murdered in his store. >> car dealers are stopping cash for clunkers deal. >>> federal officials urging businesses to make preparations now and expected outbreaks of the swine flu. there are some storms moving...

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of things and keep you posted. >> we will stay intouch.bob, thankyou. >>> tonight we are learnin more about the murder of a pizza shop owner in northeast washington. this as investigators try to identify the killer in this case. pat collins has been following this story. he joins us now live from the scene with more on the investigation. pat? >> reporter: jim, tonight detectives are going to pass out these fliers in the neighborhood as they look for more information, as they look for more evidence. i'm told that they made substantial progress in their efforts to identify a suspect in this case of murder. crime scene search experts continue to work the murder scene at the pizza mart in the edgewood section of northeast washington. it was here yesterday that the owner of 44-year-old rana was found dead inside near a food freezer. sources tell news4 mr. rana had been beaten and stabbed to death. there was evidence he had been robbed. they say there are secury cameras inside and police are trying to see if they captured a photograph of the killer. mr. rana lives in silver spring with

of things and keep you posted. >> we will stay in touch. bob, thank you. >>> tonight we are learnin more about the murder of a pizza shop owner in northeast washington. this as investigators try to identify the killer in this case. pat collins has been following this story. he joins us now live from the scene with more on the investigation. pat? >> reporter: jim, tonight detectives are going to pass out these fliers in the neighborhood as they look for more information, as...

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. >> i'm eun yang. let's get righttobobryanwith a check on theforecast.bob? >>last night we had tornado warnings and severe storms in southern maryland. now there are a few showers and a few thunderstorms trying to get going. but i think today these are not going to amount to severe weather. that will be a different story tomorrow. look at the storms, though, heading towards charlottesville and you folks out into loudoun county and northern parts of maryland andust see something rain. regular showers up around lancaster, pennsylvania, though, there are nasty storms. but we have another storm to keep an eye on especially you folks heading for the beach. look at this dramatic picture. this is from the international space station. this is hurricane bill. this is the way it looks up from the international space station. right now it is a thousand miles southeast of cape hatteras and north carolina and winds are 125 miles an hour. i want to show you another dramatic picture. this is what the eye looks like. this is from 400 miles up. this was the eye as seen from the polar ar bit

. >> i'm eun yang. let's get right to bob ryan with a check on the forecast. bob? >> last night we had tornado warnings and severe storms in southern maryland. now there are a few showers and a few thunderstorms trying to get going. but i think today these are not going to amount to severe weather. that will be a different story tomorrow. look at the storms, though, heading towards charlottesville and you folks out into loudoun county and northern parts of maryland andust see...

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good evening. i'm jim vance. >> eun yang in for doreen gentzler. straighttobobryanin storm center 4 for the latest this. >> we did have some very, very heavy tropical rains right in washington. essentially the watch is down. there was a watcherier. you can see a nasty thunderstorm that's moved through winchester with nickel-sized hail there. it is now movingnto the panhandle of west virginia and those are the areas you folks that are under a severe thunderstorm warning until 6:30 tonight. let me how is some of the towns and it includes spots like harper's ferry very soon and charlestown, west virginia. as well as lovettsville and parts of loudoun county. those are the areas under the warning now. severe thunderstorm warning for possibly some strong winds but also hail because there has been a report hail. we will keep an eye on that and you can see that the bigger view of things is that these storms will continue to move more towards the north and northwest of washington. more out in the shenandoah valley, too. meanwhile the other concern is bill which will be moving well o

good evening. i'm jim vance. >> eun yang in for doreen gentzler. straight to bob ryan in storm center 4 for the latest this. >> we did have some very, very heavy tropical rains right in washington. essentially the watch is down. there was a watcherier. you can see a nasty thunderstorm that's moved through winchester with nickel-sized hail there. it is now movingnto the panhandle of west virginia and those are the areas you folks that are under a severe thunderstorm warning until...

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relief from that stifling heat from monday,tuesdaybobryanhas our fast forecast from the storm center. >> the clouds helped an awful lot. when we have the umbrella, you can ot esetholer. thes umbrell arehe clos that are out there right now. a few buildups. our temperatures, boy, what a duffrence. here's one of our neighborhood networks. 84 degrees in montgomery village. 86 degrees downtown. two days ago 97 degrees. that makes quite a difference. where the heat index, too, is still in the 80s. looking to our south, raleigh right now is into the 70s. that's the area because of the weather front that i mentioned, that's the area that is getting the rain and you can see some rain showers there. as a matter of fact, severe thunderstorm watch in effect until -- 10:00 tonight. right in and around us. there have been a few showers ming our way. you can see some thundershowers out across western maryland and the other batch is out to -- i think we will be staying in between and i don't see the 90s. a fair amount of clouds, though. i will tell you about that when i join you downstairs. b

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you. >> jackie bensen. >>> we have storms rolling around out theretoday.bobryanis upstairs to tell us what's up. bob, are you there? take may word for it. there are storms rumbling around and there were some in bethesda this afternoon and other parts of maryland and in virginia. and we are told that there will be continuing thunder bumpers bumping around the rest of this evening and maybe tomorrow as well. but maybe not. bob, what's going on? >>e have some nasty cells up to our north. let me show you, first of all, where that area is. that's now north of baltimore. earlier there was a warning out for folks in anne arundel county but as you can see, that's -- diminished a lot now. that warning has gone down. but meanwhile, line of nasty cells up to the north of baltimore. there is another little patch now coming through, oh, fairfax county. it might pick off a couple of strokes of lightning and gusty winds. but at this point i think it will just be bringing in beneficial rain showers. we have been so, so dry. our temperature now in washington, 90 degrees. i think we will be get

you. >> jackie bensen. >>> we have storms rolling around out there today. bob ryan is upstairs to tell us what's up. bob, are you there? take may word for it. there are storms rumbling around and there were some in bethesda this afternoon and other parts of maryland and in virginia. and we are told that there will be continuing thunder bumpers bumping around the rest of this evening and maybe tomorrow as well. but maybe not. bob, what's going on? >>e have some nasty cells...

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weathertoday.bobryanhas our fast forecast from storm center.hey,bob. >>maybe we should have the game here. our temra turesoutside right now, you see, we have partly cloudy skies. look at doppler, though. there is a rain shower over baltimore. i think that will be moving out, can't move out completely. i think at game time it will be partly cloudy with temperatures 82 degrees. and not bad football weather. 86 degrees right now. you can see that there are some showers that remain off the coast. there are a couple of more, as i showed you, that have formed around balance more and have been heavy rains with even flooding. flash flooding watches are out foorts of new jersey and pennsylvania. we are going to be missing most of that. i will tell you more about that, too. there may be a passing shower from baltimore. not around here. join new a few minutes all right, bob. thank you. >>> a man who beat a bethesda woman to death and robbed her will spend the rest of his life behind bars. jose xwars yeah pereira was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. garcia pere

weather today. bob ryan has our fast forecast from storm center. hey, bob. >> maybe we should have the game here. our temra turesoutside right now, you see, we have partly cloudy skies. look at doppler, though. there is a rain shower over baltimore. i think that will be moving out, can't move out completely. i think at game time it will be partly cloudy with temperatures 82 degrees. and not bad football weather. 86 degrees right now. you can see that there are some showers that remain...

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friends will share their shots about kennedy. kennedy's niece, his former eesperitwr,,,sbobbobshrumw. >>>th ed> foreor meedkenkeedy y'key'snn life, you wls find the complete coverage on the day's event on nbcwashington.com. >>> we are following a developing story in a small town in southeast georgia where seven people were found dead inside a mobile home. and two other people were critically injured. police describe the crime scene as one of the most gruesome they have ever seen. officers replied the victims were executed pretty much. police have not said how the victims died yet. and media are reporting that some of the victims are children. >>> and there is a double shooting last night. officers arrived to find two men shot, and one ended up dying. police are not saying much about the crime. if you know nigger asked to give them a call. >>> we now know the name of the man accused of shooting a police officer yesterday morning. police say two officers on patrol near the 17th street and gilz place northeast intersection saw a group involved in a game when they saw the officers, inv

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republicancandidatebobmcdonellis facing his first campaign crisis of sorts. comes from the discovery of the a 20-year-old thesis that was written by mcdonell. julie carey joins us in the story. >> reporter: former attorney general and longtime. but today these campaign leaders say the spotlight on mcdonell's writings give them sudden new momentum. bob mcdonell wrote these nis 1989 at the age of 34 when t a egree at regent university. t i he suggests thattngkior ki women and fe amnastsre ls a cites, to the famil also cohabitators, homosexuals and fornicators as threatso families. a 15-point action plan. today called the thesis devastating and charged that it governing.ll's blueprint said adviser eleithee, it will give reason to concern. statements of support from women backing the republican and in a late afternoon conference call with reporters mcdonell says he was tempered his beliefs since he wrote that paper and he called the thesis an academic exercise adding that he no longer believes much of what he wrote them. i'll have more from both campaigns and get an assessment from a loc

republican candidate bob mcdonell is facing his first campaign crisis of sorts. comes from the discovery of the a 20-year-old thesis that was written by mcdonell. julie carey joins us in the story. >> reporter: former attorney general and longtime. but today these campaign leaders say the spotlight on mcdonell's writings give them sudden new momentum. bob mcdonell wrote these nis 1989 at the age of 34 when t a egree at regent university. t i he suggests thattngkior ki women and fe...

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outbreaks. >> well, summer is not done with us yet. erious heat coming up this t ilet'gotobob. >>it is. what an exceptional day we ha and enjoy this evening. sparkling blue sky early. got down to 55. it's only around 80. some spots in the low 50s out to our west. right now into the 80s. the hottest days, the hottest temperatures of past summers. remember a couple years ago we got up to over 100? well, i think over the weekend we may be seeing our temperature 98 degrees which would be as hot as it was last summer. a turin increase and it will feel 15 to 20 degrees hotter than it does right now. so get ready for some big changes. the humidity is coming back, along with the heat for a good part of the weekend and into next week. back to you. >> thank you, bob. >>> coming up this evening on news 4, u.s. authorities say they are increasingly confident that a top taliban commander has been killed in a missile strike. >>> police say a there is a similarity between the virginia tech shooter and a man who went on a killing spree at a health clinic. >>> new information about the fire t

outbreaks. >> well, summer is not done with us yet. erious heat coming up this t ilet'go to bob. >> it is. what an exceptional day we ha and enjoy this evening. sparkling blue sky early. got down to 55. it's only around 80. some spots in the low 50s out to our west. right now into the 80s. the hottest days, the hottest temperatures of past summers. remember a couple years ago we got up to over 100? well, i think over the weekend we may be seeing our temperature 98 degrees which...

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republicanbobmcdonaldopened a sccampaign office in alexandra. derek? >> if you closed your eyes and listened. almost seemed like a presidential campaign rally. all about the race for the virginia governor seat and for democrats nationwide and republicans there is a lot riding on this race. polls show him trailing his republican opponent, bob mcdonald. in a rally and fund raiser at the hilton in tyson's corner. the state's democratic heavy hitter, the heaviest hitting democrat, president obama. >> it isood to be in virginia. a place that has been good to me. >> obama carried the once solidly republican commonwealth in 2008. his approval ratings in virginia are slightly higher than elsewhere. president obama told a crowd there, emerging tradition among the state's democrats. >> a tradition that -- that starts off with the basic idea that we're all in this together. >> he said he would carry on the tradition with education at the top of his agenda. you have to bring change. innovation and greater accountability to our schools. we haveo make change that ensures that our education dollar

republican bob mcdonald opened a sccampaign office in alexandra. derek? >> if you closed your eyes and listened. almost seemed like a presidential campaign rally. all about the race for the virginia governor seat and for democrats nationwide and republicans there is a lot riding on this race. polls show him trailing his republican opponent, bob mcdonald. in a rally and fund raiser at the hilton in tyson's corner. the state's democratic heavy hitter, the heaviest hitting democrat,...

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steam now. how is itlookingbob? >>bill is a nasty, nasty storm. it will be affecting our wth over the weekend. right now we have stormy, not, steamy skies that is. it feels like it is 91 degrees out there. there is bill, and you can see that high 30 miles across. staring at us. il ieak t take t. up the -- off the east co there is what it looked like earlier today. producing some very, very heavy swells. there are hurricane watches out in were mu dachlt bermuda. i will tell you about that when i join you. >> thank you, bob. >> when news 4 continues. the white house puts the brakes on the popular cash for clunkers program. may not be the end of incentives meant to get consumers to spend. >>> authorities believe, selling counterfeit good. >> man suspected of stealing a boat leads police on a wild chase. >> video of an incident that led to a lesbian couple kicked out of a diner. >> dan? >> coming up in sports. the redskins wrap up two a days with a little bit of fun. there is a new mayor. his name is rizzo. speakingf the nationals the guy is trying to avoid a sweep >>> mayor in connec

steam now. how is it looking bob? >> bill is a nasty, nasty storm. it will be affecting our wth over the weekend. right now we have stormy, not, steamy skies that is. it feels like it is 91 degrees out there. there is bill, and you can see that high 30 miles across. staring at us. il ieak t take t. up the -- off the east co there is what it looked like earlier today. producing some very, very heavy swells. there are hurricane watches out in were mu dachlt bermuda. i will tell you about...

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hurricane bill is starting to flex somemuscle.bob? >>indeed. jim. major now the firajor hurricane of the hurricane season. it is way out in the ocean. this was a picture earlier today from the nasa aqua satellite. the eye is 30 miles across. category three hurricane. and tropical storm wind extend out 170 miles. so increasing threat to -- to places like bermuda. in and around us. we are going to be under some showers and thundershowers. we're really getting into the tropical storm and hurricane season now. we still have some plain old showers and thundershowers out there. tell you about our own weather tomorrow. and the track of bill. an increasing threat to bermuda. tell you more in a few minutes. >>> thanks, bob. ahead on news 4. 14-year-old hit by stray bullets while stepping out of the shower. now she is telling us what it was like. >>> metro made a deal to make sure riders are not out of reach waiting for trains. >> defending himself on line. michael jackson's personal physician speaks out. lindsay, what's up? >> in sports. the nationals players talk about the steven strasbourg

hurricane bill is starting to flex some muscle. bob? >> indeed. jim. major now the firajor hurricane of the hurricane season. it is way out in the ocean. this was a picture earlier today from the nasa aqua satellite. the eye is 30 miles across. category three hurricane. and tropical storm wind extend out 170 miles. so increasing threat to -- to places like bermuda. in and around us. we are going to be under some showers and thundershowers. we're really getting into the tropical storm and...

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. >>> goodevening.bobryan,storm center 4. it is warm and humid. finally it is hot, downright hot. 91. we have showers and. here is a look at digital doppler. lightning moving over into anne arundel county. i will zoom in for that. there were other strikes around into montgomery county and you folks around annapolis, fair amount of cloud-to-ground lightning. there will be more in the days ahead, too. our heat index still feels like it is in the mid 90s and meanwhile, hurricane bill now, the winds are 110 miles an hour. this is a great picture. look at the eye. 40 miles across. out in the ocean. increasing threat to bermuda. i will show you the latest on that. how about more thunderstorms in our future? join you in a couple of minutes. back to you. >> thanks, bob. heavy smoke from a strong fire fills the early morning air and rural montgomery county. the fire was one in a series of bizarre overnight fours prompted srs aroon oftr saw sgeersck on fire in four different latio ns damascus. those locations weren't the only targets. julie carey has the latest the investigation from damascus. jul

. >>> good evening. bob ryan, storm center 4. it is warm and humid. finally it is hot, downright hot. 91. we have showers and. here is a look at digital doppler. lightning moving over into anne arundel county. i will zoom in for that. there were other strikes around into montgomery county and you folks around annapolis, fair amount of cloud-to-ground lightning. there will be more in the days ahead, too. our heat index still feels like it is in the mid 90s and meanwhile, hurricane bill...

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. >>> perfect summer day out there. nothing this great can last or canit,bob? >>we wish hard enough i think it could. little bit more humidity coming in. beautiful day. lot of sunshine out there. our temperature right here in northwest washington. we nudged he90 degrees pl 86 no. 85 around the area downtown. we are going to have another very, very pleasant evening. the tropics are starting to brew a bit and another 90-degree day. humidity coming back, too. i will tell you about that and as well as what danny could be doing as it is forming. i will join new a couple of minutes. >> thanks, bob. >>> computer glitch blamed for sending thousands of students to their first week of school with incomplete schedules. interest stranded students yesterday but weren't able to go to class. today school officials say they are working to remedy all of this. tracee wilkins has our story. >> reporter: thousands of prince george's county students and middle school students showed up for the first day of school yesterday with nowhere to go. >> sat around all day yesterday, no schedules and they didn't really

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hampered by the road and that have been washed out. for more on the typhoon we gotobobinour storm center. >> what's the latest? >> they had a very active season already. and those are quieting down in the pacific. much of what's left is inland and meanwhile in the atlantic we have had a very, very quiet season but this right there on the edge, out near the cape verde islands, could become anna tomorrow. it is already developing in circulation there are a couple of other waves but nothing threatening. you can see how far away it is also. but tomorrow, possibly, possibly could be the day of the first tropical system in the atlantic. for us, our temperatures remain hot, humid side. we will see the heat endecks at 94. adually go down a little bit. there have been showers and thundershowers you can see. firing up once again against northern medical sxhd we will keep an eye on those. some may get or near us as they did last night, too. i will tell you about that. not as many as hot days ahead. i will join new a few minutes. >> that's good to know. ank you, bob. >>> still ahead on "news4

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relatively cool summer so far. today felt downright gross tosome.bobryanis upstairs with more. >> it certainly did. the heat index was issued in part because we've had a reasonable summer. the heat advisory, that is. our heat index did get up to a bit above 100 as it is right now. it still feels like it's 98 here in washington. our high temperature for the day did almost make a record. 97 degrees. right now, 94 downtown. even around the bay, annapolis, 94 degrees. it is cooler out to our west. matter of fact, there are showers and thunder showers you can see out in garrett county. i don't think they'll make it in here. tomorrow we might be seeing a different story. the hottest day of the summer so far has been today. 97. there are the other years. we don't want to repeat two years ago when it got to 102 degrees. as a matter of fact, while this afternoon it felt like it was 100, look at the heat and humidity combinations in years past. remember back in 1995? that was a day it felt like 117 degrees. it will be another hot one tomorrow, but after that, not as hot for the remainder of th

relatively cool summer so far. today felt downright gross to some. bob ryan is upstairs with more. >> it certainly did. the heat index was issued in part because we've had a reasonable summer. the heat advisory, that is. our heat index did get up to a bit above 100 as it is right now. it still feels like it's 98 here in washington. our high temperature for the day did almost make a record. 97 degrees. right now, 94 downtown. even around the bay, annapolis, 94 degrees. it is cooler out to...

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. >>thanks,bob. >>>in montgomery county, a man responsible for a series of violent home invasions was sentence today. he got life i prison without the possibilityfar ic renvof ted convicted of breaking into women's homes and tying them up and robbing them. one victim was killed. tracee wilkins has more on the story from montgomery county. >> reporter: perfect leah was a trained contractor. he had been in the home of one of his victims about a year before he came back, robbed her and tied her up. the prosecution says he stocked these women and watched them for long periods of time before entering the homes to rob them. they say that they picked these women because they were independent widowers. these women told me today that the fact they were on their own is what made them that much stronger. >> the only thing -- aside from the death penalty. >> victim reese agent to the news sh positive . >> heis the kind of an individual if he had gotten out, i feel certain that he would have come back on us for retaliation. >> between november of 2007 and september of 2008, prosecutors say he

. >> thanks, bob. >>> in montgomery county, a man responsible for a series of violent home invasions was sentence today. he got life i prison without the possibilityfar ic renvof ted convicted of breaking into women's homes and tying them up and robbing them. one victim was killed. tracee wilkins has more on the story from montgomery county. >> reporter: perfect leah was a trained contractor. he had been in the home of one of his victims about a year before he came back,...

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isn't heating up. it has gotten red hot. >>> goodevening.bobryan,storm center 4. another hot one. outemperature is 91. look at the dew point here. 74. it is 90 at national airport. lot of 90s. there have been now with the humidity around some showers and thundershowers coming out of the mountains. our current heat index is 94 degrees. we are going to continue to see -- keep an eye on things and there have been warnings up to our north. the heaviest shower up arnd hagerstown could be some more as we go through the evening hours. i will tell you all about that when i join you downstairs. back to you. >>> tributes pouring in around the world after the passing of eunice kennedy shriver. at the age of 88, is the special olympics founder, sister of robert f. kennedy and president john f. kennedy, is being remembered for a lifetime of community service carried out from her home base, the washington metro area. julie carey is here with more on that. >> eunice kennedy shriver has suffered a series of strokes in recent years and relocated to massachusetts. she died at cape cod hospital sur

isn't heating up. it has gotten red hot. >>> good evening. bob ryan, storm center 4. another hot one. outemperature is 91. look at the dew point here. 74. it is 90 at national airport. lot of 90s. there have been now with the humidity around some showers and thundershowers coming out of the mountains. our current heat index is 94 degrees. we are going to continue to see -- keep an eye on things and there have been warnings up to our north. the heaviest shower up arnd hagerstown could...

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vice president bidentoday.bobjoinsus now to take a look at the weather and we have changes towards the end of this week. >> we do. another hot one today. 90 degrees. more 90-degree days in august than we had in july. s i p tuteo y jthulutake a look tut mid part of the trere luhee ty. b see where the blues are. july was thewh coolest monthha , many states. as a matter of fact, in seven midwest states july was t a coolest or second coolest ever. so what's that mean? what was the global average temperature, do you thask, for july? there are your choices. it is wednesday weather quiz. globally. global temperature for july. remember, the mid part of the country, united states had the coolest there are your choices. cooler than avere, near average. slightly above average or global average temperature, fifth warmest july ever. >> near average. >> near erage. >> around the whole world. entire world. >> i'm going to have to follow her lead. >> near average. surprisingly, even though it was e coolestu july in many states in the mid part of the country, globally, it wasle the fifth wa

vice president biden today. bob joins us now to take a look at the weather and we have changes towards the end of this week. >> we do. another hot one today. 90 degrees. more 90-degree days in august than we had in july. s i p tuteo y jthulutake a look tut mid part of the trere luhee ty. b see where the blues are. july was thewh coolest monthha , many states. as a matter of fact, in seven midwest states july was t a coolest or second coolest ever. so what's that mean? what was the global...

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there is cooler weather coming.eventually.bobryanhas our fast forecast from the storm center. when, bob? >> tomorrow. let's say not as hot. how about that? today not as hot as yesterday. we -- this is three days in a row. officially we have to go four. there's our hazy skies. our temperature right here in northwest washington, 91. it feels like it is over 100, though. because of that humidity. wear not getting rid of that august humidity. look at the temperature down at quantico. the heat index there, not as high as yesterday. and into the mid 90s. but still more -- a day for the pool rather than a run. look at the pittsburgh temperatures. elkins, there are showers and you can see se thundershowers and there are a couple of that are popping up to our west. if possible we might see more of those like we did last evening. heaviest to our south and then to our north. i will tell you all about that when i join you downstairs and may be seeing our first tropical system of the season form in the atlantic, too. i will join new aoue opl minutes. > in > inonertg muny om ptycooo,lool h

there is cooler weather coming. eventually. bob ryan has our fast forecast from the storm center. when, bob? >> tomorrow. let's say not as hot. how about that? today not as hot as yesterday. we -- this is three days in a row. officially we have to go four. there's our hazy skies. our temperature right here in northwest washington, 91. it feels like it is over 100, though. because of that humidity. wear not getting rid of that august humidity. look at the temperature down at quantico. the...

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watch for storms that may be looming in ourarea.bobisback with the full forecast. >>> new credit card rules took effect today. that should offer new protections for consumers. the obama administration is putting the brakes on that popular cash for clunkers program. joining us now to talk about today's developments is cnbc's hampton pearson. talk about these new credit card rules today what changes will consumers notice? >> first of all, consumers are going to be given advanced warning of major changes like interest rate hikes or cuts in their credit limits and more time to pay off their balances. however, the credit card companies are sort of countering by increasing all kinds of fees and higher overhe-limit charges, annual fees, cash advance charges to cite a few examp example. >> claims for jobless benefits jumped unexpectedly last week. the second week, straight week, claims shot up. do analysts think the trend will coinue? >> well, this week's increase was surprise. first time claims up 15,000 last week to 576,000. ghest in the last three weeks and the four-week average, real

watch for storms that may be looming in our area. bob is back with the full forecast. >>> new credit card rules took effect today. that should offer new protections for consumers. the obama administration is putting the brakes on that popular cash for clunkers program. joining us now to talk about today's developments is cnbc's hampton pearson. talk about these new credit card rules today what changes will consumers notice? >> first of all, consumers are going to be given...

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of the way. >>weather,bob? >>jim, feels like august of all things. and we maybe have some thunderstorms inur future too. what have you got? >> bob, coming up in sports. the offense is hoping practice makes perfect. and a rookie baffles the tigers. national slugger adam dunn coming tou ter with her son off to college, liz turned to target for great deals. like a twenty dollar comforter for his bed. a fridge for healthy snacks a reading lamp to study by and a cell phone to call home. so liz chose target showing off her college smarts about savings target. expect more. pay less. really fresh. come into your local giant today for mouthwatering fruits and vegetables, all at prices you can handle. like white seedless grapes just 99 cents a pound. this week only at giant. you know, it's not the grill at mesak a delicious, tender, perfect piece of steak. [ crowd gasps ] it's the steak. enjoy quality selections from the butchers at giant, like porterhouse steak just $4.99 a pound. this week on t.gik like porterhouse steak just $4.99 a pound. >>> a jet has to make an emergency landi

of the way. >> weather, bob? >> jim, feels like august of all things. and we maybe have some thunderstorms inur future too. what have you got? >> bob, coming up in sports. the offense is hoping practice makes perfect. and a rookie baffles the tigers. national slugger adam dunn coming tou ter with her son off to college, liz turned to target for great deals. like a twenty dollar comforter for his bed. a fridge for healthy snacks a reading lamp to study by and a cell phone to...

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been quiet. >> it has. it could be the first. even -- tomorrow, it may be named. >> okay.thanks,bob. >>>still ahead on "news4 at 6:00," hotel workers from d.c. are thousands of dollars richer tonight. find out what some of them plan to do with their powerball winnings. >>> a lot of cars being vandalized in one local community. >>> we are going to tell you about a d.c. landmark that's getting a makeover. >>> we are six months away from the start of the 2010 winter olympics. we will take a look apartment behind the scenes preparations for those games. >>> coming up in sports the redskins getting ready to kick off their first preseason game in baltimore. a base-brawl punishment has been handed down. it is official. the wizards signed their new big man. y. >>> now a look at the stories making headlines tonight. >> the health care debate continues to rage in town halls across the country. nonpartisan fact checking groups are accusing both sides of the distortions. factcheck.org says president obama is being untruthful when he says health care reform is going to be paid for. we don't kno

been quiet. >> it has. it could be the first. even -- tomorrow, it may be named. >> okay. thanks, bob. >>> still ahead on "news4 at 6:00," hotel workers from d.c. are thousands of dollars richer tonight. find out what some of them plan to do with their powerball winnings. >>> a lot of cars being vandalized in one local community. >>> we are going to tell you about a d.c. landmark that's getting a makeover. >>> we are six months away...

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stronger.bobisup in the storm center. >> for a time it could get w as tngroer now as the 5:00, folks, down at the hurricane center, tropical storm prediction ceer, aircraft out there, winds are 50 n hour. we are hazy and hot. this is over two days. from the folks at nasa goddard. there you can see the circulation. here we are in washington. and there's the circulation and look at the low -- all in the low levels and it is really -- very, very disorganized. they found. and from here, you can see showers and thundershowers. this is over two days. it will continue to follow a track that from every indication will keep it well off the coast. meanwhile, for us, look at that area of clouds to our south. that will be a lot of moisture up and over us nutd. we are going to be see something rain showers. not from danny. and danny remains no major threat along the coast but as a precaution, there's now a hurricane -- tropical storm watch. tr sopical torm watch that's goe up from cape lookout to north carolina and to duck, north carolina. that's what is new. it is now 50 miles per hour. t

stronger. bob is up in the storm center. >> for a time it could get w as tngroer now as the 5:00, folks, down at the hurricane center, tropical storm prediction ceer, aircraft out there, winds are 50 n hour. we are hazy and hot. this is over two days. from the folks at nasa goddard. there you can see the circulation. here we are in washington. and there's the circulation and look at the low -- all in the low levels and it is really -- very, very disorganized. they found. and from here,...

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. more than $250 million tonight.>>bobwillbe back to tell us about the forecast. >>> tad muggy out there today. >> it is august, after all. not quite 90. but tomorrow, right until september and beyond. summer. outside, i think we get another 90 tomorrow. not today. our temperature today -- we have still a bit of a haze out the. but not too bad. sky watcher in time lapse. really pretty day. to be watching the clouds out there. our temperature, high temperature today didn't make 90. tomorrow maybe 91, 92 degrees. high temperature today, 86 degrees. so far this summer we have had 20 90-degree days. half have come in august. this august running much hotter than july. mentioned yesterday, average july is our hottest month. a few clouds. 84 degrees right now. the dew point, 63, creeping up. with the humidity at 49%, that's the reason we showed the dew point. because what's the knew midty 49%. 63 is when it gets a touch of humidity. it was dry again this morning. green with mississippi. record low, 59 degrees. and friends down around lawns and baton rouge, 63 degrees. so cool air. wil

. more than $250 million tonight. >> bob will be back to tell us about the forecast. >>> tad muggy out there today. >> it is august, after all. not quite 90. but tomorrow, right until september and beyond. summer. outside, i think we get another 90 tomorrow. not today. our temperature today -- we have still a bit of a haze out the. but not too bad. sky watcher in time lapse. really pretty day. to be watching the clouds out there. our temperature, high temperature today...

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kindergarten through 8th grade. >>>andbobhasfuror >>> restaurant week is now under way in d.c. it began today and will run through sunday. 180 restaurants are offering three-course meals at a reduced price. lunch will cost you about 20 bucks. and dinner will run about 35. restaurant owners expect to be busy and to bring back, they hope, those who have not been dining out because of the poor economy. >>> we will be dining out in the cafe tonight. >> oh, yes. just taking it easy, right? better than the high humidity we've had. here's how our city cam looks. got a few clouds. our high temperature today, probably didn' feel quite as high as it did on sunday or last week. 87 degrees because the humidity has continued to decrease. right now, this august is almost four degrees warmer or hotter than july. and yet july on average is our hottest month. outside right now, our current temperature here in washington -- with the skies still pleasant and the dew point has really been dropping. the dew point down to 60. you folks out in the suburbs may see the morning temperature into the 50s. th

kindergarten through 8th grade. >>> and bob has furor >>> restaurant week is now under way in d.c. it began today and will run through sunday. 180 restaurants are offering three-course meals at a reduced price. lunch will cost you about 20 bucks. and dinner will run about 35. restaurant owners expect to be busy and to bring back, they hope, those who have not been dining out because of the poor economy. >>> we will be dining out in the cafe tonight. >> oh, yes....

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,bobpch.>>> michael vick is expected to make his return to the nfl tonight when the eagles play the jaguars in a preseason game. earlier today vick was in bankruptcy court in virginia. a judge approved his plan to repay $20 million of debt. part of that plan requires him to liquidate $9 million in assets, includes his houses, boats, expensive suvs. once disgraced nfl star served 18 months in federal prison on dogfighting charges. we will have more on tonight's game coming up in sports. >>> several pieces of good news today regarding the u.s. economy. the economy shrank less than expected in theonec sd quarter. the number of first-time jobss aims are down. s i a positive .eadne f tsayodor big uay..s auo r.ke s r.ed nemecseisy po while the economy seems poised gsob rnarnd couinat jre is still the bottom line. brian mooar has our report. >> ford is adding ifts and bringing back a few thousand workers to keep up with the sudden demand for pickups and suvs. for the auto industry, it h been a hot summer thanks to uncle sam's cash for clunkers program. but the u.s. economy is still struggl

, bob pch. >>> michael vick is expected to make his return to the nfl tonight when the eagles play the jaguars in a preseason game. earlier today vick was in bankruptcy court in virginia. a judge approved his plan to repay $20 million of debt. part of that plan requires him to liquidate $9 million in assets, includes his houses, boats, expensive suvs. once disgraced nfl star served 18 months in federal prison on dogfighting charges. we will have more on tonight's game coming up in...

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california.>>bobisback with a look at the forecast and the rain out there.dy >>> a wildfire is burning in the los angeles national forest in southern california. quickly consuming hundreds of acres of heavy brush, several hikers had to be evacuated from the mountains northeast of downtown los angeles. today officials are worried the high temperatures and low humidity could continue to fuel those flames. no populated areas have been threatened. that's an amazing video. >> dry and hot. >> we have maybe a danny. between don't know. >> we do have a danny. >> yes. >> he does have a name now. hay is danny. >> start calling. >> get out of here. get out of here. he will be nearby. outside today, nice day. lot of sunshine. and a bit of a breeze, too. >> i don't know my flowers. it is lovely. >> send in your guess. it is a lovely flower. high temperature. looking for the sunshine, too. we made it up into the low 90s today, folks. 92 degrees, our high temperature. that's our 21st 90-degree day. not far from the record. nice evening. humidity has been coming in a little bit. it is not too

california. >> bob is back with a look at the forecast and the rain out there.dy >>> a wildfire is burning in the los angeles national forest in southern california. quickly consuming hundreds of acres of heavy brush, several hikers had to be evacuated from the mountains northeast of downtown los angeles. today officials are worried the high temperatures and low humidity could continue to fuel those flames. no populated areas have been threatened. that's an amazing video....

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keep cool but let's head uptobobryan.bob? >>you can see some showers knocked the temperatures down. germ germantown, 74 degrees. these are showers in prince george's county. theyre a long way from loudoun county but they have been moving rapidly east with cloud-to-ground lightning. that is the good news. how does this compare? we had our hottest day of the summer so far, 97 degrees. remember, two years ago it was 102 degrees. right now only 81. that's how it feels in washington. the temperatures in many spots are down into the 70s because of those showers and thundershowers. i think we will be seeing more tomorrow. this will not be an extended period of heat. there will be a break coming autopsies we go to the next couple of days. i will tell you about that. the hottest day so far this summer. >> thank you, bob. >>> the heat and humidity didn't keep folks inside tonight. a lot of people were out there doing all kinds of things. derrick ward is on the national mall telling us what people are up to in the dark hours. >> reporter: well, dour ren, a hot day in d.c. in august no. s

keep cool but let's head up to bob ryan. bob? >> you can see some showers knocked the temperatures down. germ germantown, 74 degrees. these are showers in prince george's county. theyre a long way from loudoun county but they have been moving rapidly east with cloud-to-ground lightning. that is the good news. how does this compare? we had our hottest day of the summer so far, 97 degrees. remember, two years ago it was 102 degrees. right now only 81. that's how it feels in washington. the...

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with more onthis.bob. >>>good evening, ann. scientists have always known different people require different amounts of sleep and they assumed a big reason is genetics. now in a mother-daughter combination, researchers found the gene, apparently carried by 3% of the population, that allows people to get by on six hours of sleep instead of the recommended eight. there have been other genes associated with sleep that cause insomnia and affect the biological clock. the hope is by studying those genes, the scientists will learn more about sleep itself. even though we all sleep it is one of the least understood biological phenomenon. unfortunately for the foreseeable future, there is no way to get at the effects of the six-hour gene, even though a lot of people would like it. and i would imagine especially you, when you have to get up for the "today" show and do "nightly news." >> thanks a lot. well, hopefully that day will come someday. bob bazell, thank you so much. when we come back, the tributes today for one of the last members of an american political dynasty, the kennedys. ♪ he

with more on this. bob. >>> good evening, ann. scientists have always known different people require different amounts of sleep and they assumed a big reason is genetics. now in a mother-daughter combination, researchers found the gene, apparently carried by 3% of the population, that allows people to get by on six hours of sleep instead of the recommended eight. there have been other genes associated with sleep that cause insomnia and affect the biological clock. the hope is by...

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. >>> how's theweather,bob? >>the weather is delightful for august. that's the way we're starting out. the heat and humidity to talk about, too. lindsey, what do you got? >> coming up in sports, denny hamlin makes a bold prediction but backs up his words on the racetrack. adam dunn and ryan zimmerman pound the pirates and should redskin fans be worried about aile ert horswthinin knenee 'sju inry? ry >>> violent turbulence caused serious problems for some 200 passengers on a continental jetliner. the houston-bound airline from brazil hit turbulence. a lot of passengers were jolted. some hit the ceiling. more than two dozen were hurt. a handful had to be taken to the emergency room -- or had to be taken to the hospital after an emergency landing in miami. eae airline says the at n ond a light was on and man of those who were hurt say they were not wearing their seatbelt. >> i didn't have my seatbelt on and i hit my head on the roof of the ceiling and i fell down and hit it on the monitor ineln fro of me. >> stilltoho ps taken by passengers show the ox january massing dropped from the ce

. >>> how's the weather, bob? >> the weather is delightful for august. that's the way we're starting out. the heat and humidity to talk about, too. lindsey, what do you got? >> coming up in sports, denny hamlin makes a bold prediction but backs up his words on the racetrack. adam dunn and ryan zimmerman pound the pirates and should redskin fans be worried about aile ert horswthinin knenee 'sju inry? ry >>> violent turbulence caused serious problems for some 200...

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will see you in a bit. >> as you can see, it is already raining out there. we gotobobnowto find out what it is going to be like by the time the game begins. >> the healthy shower that was out there. a very localized and look at radar. you can see where that area of rain is. it is beginning now just to move and that's the reason just to the south of baltimore, so it will be clearing the area. it has been moderate showers there around central parts of baltimore. meanwhile, to the south, there may be a few showers for you folks into anne arundel county, to nothing around here. even though we have been dry. so if you are still heading up there, at game time, i think pretty good football weather. some clouds but also since the sun doesn't set until 58, it will be partly sunny. 28 degrees, reasonably tl comfortable for early exhibition. preseason football. and our temperature right here in washington right now is 86. even with the showers you can see it is 81 in baltimore. overnight tonight, later on, temperatures will dip into the high 60s to the low 70s. i will tell you about the up

will see you in a bit. >> as you can see, it is already raining out there. we go to bob now to find out what it is going to be like by the time the game begins. >> the healthy shower that was out there. a very localized and look at radar. you can see where that area of rain is. it is beginning now just to move and that's the reason just to the south of baltimore, so it will be clearing the area. it has been moderate showers there around central parts of baltimore. meanwhile, to the...

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into tomorrow. checkwithbobthroughthe storm center. >> throughout the morning. in some areas, 1 to 2 inches of rain. the ground is saturated. there are the areas, the general metro area. you folks in southern maryland. where the doppler is picking up a few more. a batch through warrenton. prince william county, manassas, loudon county. overnight tonight seeing more of the same stuff. locally heavy rains. how much rain, about half an hour. mclean. one, two inches of rain before things settle down later on tonight. danny still no big threat to us. but i will tell you what the latest is on it when i join you. >> thank you, bob. >> frightening ordeal came to a happy ending in prince george's county when fire fighters pulled a big dog out of a well. it is a call fire fighters do not train for. but they were happy to help. as the well begin to fill with rain water. jackie benson has our report. >> after spending hours barking and whimpering at the bottom of a well, cujo, all 120 pounds of him was raised to the surface in the arms of prince george's county fire fighter travis lambert.

into tomorrow. check with bob through the storm center. >> throughout the morning. in some areas, 1 to 2 inches of rain. the ground is saturated. there are the areas, the general metro area. you folks in southern maryland. where the doppler is picking up a few more. a batch through warrenton. prince william county, manassas, loudon county. overnight tonight seeing more of the same stuff. locally heavy rains. how much rain, about half an hour. mclean. one, two inches of rain before things...

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. >>> some strong storms out there earliertoday.bob, anymore of that cupping our wcupping -- coming our way. >> man tomorrow. jim, eun. this is a great picture from lisa black, leonardtown. if things look like they're going upwards. those are golf-ball-sized hail. and like she said. tried to send you another picture. it was too frightening. it was wild, wild weather. and saint mary's county. that is all gone. the large reports of ping-pong sized hail. earlier today. and wind, 130, 140 miles an hour. look at that eye. that was a great picture. and a category 4. i will tell you the latest on bill. and there is more to come tonight. still ahead it wasn't the food that drew dozens to a diner. the story behind the unique protest. >>> federal government has ideas about how businesses should react in the event of the swine flu outbreak. >> which hybrid will get you the most for your money. dan? >> coming up in sports. redskins monitoring a couple injuries. os having trouble with the long ball in cam tampa. nationals having pitching prob the government says it cannot fight swine flu alone. it i

. >>> some strong storms out there earlier today. bob, any more of that cupping our wcupping -- coming our way. >> man tomorrow. jim, eun. this is a great picture from lisa black, leonardtown. if things look like they're going upwards. those are golf-ball-sized hail. and like she said. tried to send you another picture. it was too frightening. it was wild, wild weather. and saint mary's county. that is all gone. the large reports of ping-pong sized hail. earlier today. and wind,...

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letter on a busy streetcorner.bobhasour weather. >>> how about sports? let's talk about that. former team mates. waiting to play against him on friday. butler talks nba championship as wizards get ready to head to china. and hernandez, a curre nat and >>> two transgender people stabbed in the district. one fatally. does not appear to be a hate crime. this occurred in the 200 block of q street. both taken to the hospital. one died the other expected to live. again both were transgendered. police have not released the victim's identity. >> public school teacher in virginia is still in jail. on sex, drug and pornography charges tonight. scott howe his name. teaches reading and math at cedar lee middle school. he is 33 years old and is facing child sex charges involving a 15-year-old boy, and deputies originally went to his house after receiving a tip that the teacher was growing mare juan nan his backyard. authorities say they found marijuana and evidence of child pornography. he is also produced with making child pornography. >>> city of philadelphia hosting two different kinds

letter on a busy street corner. bob has our weather. >>> how about sports? let's talk about that. former team mates. waiting to play against him on friday. butler talks nba championship as wizards get ready to head to china. and hernandez, a curre nat and >>> two transgender people stabbed in the district. one fatally. does not appear to be a hate crime. this occurred in the 200 block of q street. both taken to the hospital. one died the other expected to live. again both...

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buying their first homes. >>> it got hot out there today, but it's august,it, boit,bob? it.>> is, indeed. a lot of folks have headed out to the beach andt's hot out there too. look at the temperature now at ocean city. no onshore breeze today. 91. and it's around 90 right where we are too. nothing around doppler. there will be later on tonight. heading out to the game, have a cool one. it will be warm. humidity is not too bad. temperature's in the mid 80s. much different weather tomorrow. i'll tell you all the detail as when i join you downtears. back to you. >>> police releasing new information about what may have called a gun minnesota to go on a shooting spree in a health club. >>> and russia is explaining why of two of its nuclear powereded attack subs were off the east coast of the united states. >> i'll tell you what iran's president mahmoud ahmadinejad has for western countries during his inauguration. >> what's going on dan. >> injuries a minor issue out here at redskins training camp. plus jason campbell reacting to his controversial qn "srt po"srts there's somethinbig h

buying their first homes. >>> it got hot out there today, but it's august,it, bo it, bob? it. >> is, indeed. a lot of folks have headed out to the beach andt's hot out there too. look at the temperature now at ocean city. no onshore breeze today. 91. and it's around 90 right where we are too. nothing around doppler. there will be later on tonight. heading out to the game, have a cool one. it will be warm. humidity is not too bad. temperature's in the mid 80s. much different...

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aim at the mona lisa. as surity scrambles to take herdown.bob, howabout the weather? >> still warm, humid, jim. that will change a bit. and anna, anna may be born tomorrow. i will explain. >>> thank you, bob. coming up. devin thomas gets counsel from a veteran. also red sox and tigers throw down in beantown. and nine in a row. find out if the nationals are still streaking when news 4 at still streaking when news 4 at connie loves target for its incredible deals. d with her daughter starting middle school tomorrow, connie's got some high expectations. she expects look 11 might be the one. she expects look 17 might be the one. so she shops target. where they've always got her back for back to school. target. geico's been saving people money and who doesn't want value for their dollar? been true since the day i made my first dollar. where is that dollar? i got it out to show you... uhh... was it rather old and wrinkly? yeah, you saw it? umm fancy a crisp? geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. >>> more trouble for metro. word that drugs ma

aim at the mona lisa. as surity scrambles to take her down. bob, how about the weather? >> still warm, humid, jim. that will change a bit. and anna, anna may be born tomorrow. i will explain. >>> thank you, bob. coming up. devin thomas gets counsel from a veteran. also red sox and tigers throw down in beantown. and nine in a row. find out if the nationals are still streaking when news 4 at still streaking when news 4 at connie loves target for its incredible deals. d with her...

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kind of rough today. jackie bensen has been in the weather in rockville. we beginwithbobupstairs.>> we have had a wild time of it with tornado warnings. a number of severe thunderstorm warnings. no widespread damage, but some hail. we have another batch of thunderstorms coming into the western suburbs. can see a bit of lightning for you folks in fairfax, county, but nothing severe. look at what was happening earlier. these are great pictures. this is kevin mourn, berryville, they did have large hail in winchester, and look at this shelf clouf. sort of an outflow from a severe thunderstorm in frederick county, maryland. that is where the tornado warnings were. our temperatures into the 70s. the other big story is hurricane bill. whichs going to have a big effect along our coast for the weekend. i'll tell you about that. dangerous rip currents. when i join you, a few minutes. >> all right, thanks, bob. the storms have knocked out power to a few thousand people in our area. and it's also made for some tough driving tonight. jackie bensen joins us live now from rockville. jackie. >>

kind of rough today. jackie bensen has been in the weather in rockville. we begin with bob upstairs. >> we have had a wild time of it with tornado warnings. a number of severe thunderstorm warnings. no widespread damage, but some hail. we have another batch of thunderstorms coming into the western suburbs. can see a bit of lightning for you folks in fairfax, county, but nothing severe. look at what was happening earlier. these are great pictures. this is kevin mourn, berryville, they did...

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1200 >>> thankyou,bob. >>>a judge in los angeles today decided that the mother of michael jackson will be the permanent guardian of his children. katherine jackson and the king of pop's ex-wife struck a deal last week that calls for jackson to receive full custody of the three kids. both katherine jackson and the singer's former manager were seen entering the courthouse this morning. the judge approved a monthly financial allowance for both the kids and the mother. it will be paid out by the pop star's estate. >>> stay right there. we're just getting started on "news4 at 5" tonight. a key vote today on a plan to expand a controversial saudi school in northern virginia. >>> an investigation under way after officials notice several bus stop shelters vandalized. >>> a woman escapes a fiery situation after a large explosion reduces her house to rubble. >>> and news that kids are getting enough vitamin d. there's something big happening at pizza hut. - woooh, nice! - that's a lot of food! now get big meals like our stuffed pizza rolls, pizza mia, the p'zone... and our personal

1200 >>> thank you, bob. >>> a judge in los angeles today decided that the mother of michael jackson will be the permanent guardian of his children. katherine jackson and the king of pop's ex-wife struck a deal last week that calls for jackson to receive full custody of the three kids. both katherine jackson and the singer's former manager were seen entering the courthouse this morning. the judge approved a monthly financial allowance for both the kids and the mother. it will...

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. is there a poll showing himtrailingbobmcdonaldby eight points, 43% to 51%. virginia used to be a reliably republican state but went to mr. obama in last year's elections. this race could be seen as a referendum on the white house and democratic congress. >>> a 14-year-old and 18-year-old have been arrested in connection with the robbery in charles m in charles , nepeo hnepen o lane july lan july 28th. authteitans iell us the victim was walking home whenas hs we w by the teens.ck darcy spencer is live with more. >> reporter: he was walking home. he was here in front of his own home wn he was murdered. police say the killers were looking for money to buy drugs. >> they stabbed him. he made it over to where the paint is on the driveway and collapsed there. >> reporter: jim mcconnell describes where a neighbor collapsed on the street after being stabbed to death. the victim jeremiah gutierrez was walking home from his job in waldorf wh h. cetaliatouedck ann t es nce announced theofrrt two suspects in the murder, an 18-year-old and 14-yea>>old. once is me.on i ess it can hpen anywhere

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in for doreen. we are going to start by getting a check on the weatherwithbob. >>we are under a flood watch and we have still very, very saturated air. you can just see it outside. here are the areas under flood watch until later tonight. including the washington, most of the metropolitan area but heaviest rains now are for you folks into charles county and into southern maryland. they are not only heavy rain but also some thunder once again. some areas have had up to one to two inches of rain while other che ca s eeyo satn yonee batch of moder b od ra coming up i-95, too. and as we go through the remainder of theigarht we e going to continue to see some of these areas of heavy rain. look at andrews air force base.w almost two inches. so again, it is a flood watch through later on tonight. after midnight things will be settle down. meanwhile, in the atlantic, there's where most of the weather is for danny. look. this is a great picture from, again, polar orbiting satellite. it is a minimal storm now. moving to the north and no big threat to the east coast. but there will be heav

in for doreen. we are going to start by getting a check on the weather with bob. >> we are under a flood watch and we have still very, very saturated air. you can just see it outside. here are the areas under flood watch until later tonight. including the washington, most of the metropolitan area but heaviest rains now are for you folks into charles county and into southern maryland. they are not only heavy rain but also some thunder once again. some areas have had up to one to two...

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bobryan.>> certainly the humidity. it's a hot day, but nothing really exceptional. look at the temperature here. northwest washington, we made it up to 90 degrees. the record, by the way, 1930. 102. even at that, our temperature at 90 was only between degrees above our average. and now we're back into the 80s. it is humid and so the heat index makes it feel like it's into the low 90s. we'll be seeing more of that, that is hayes and humidity. tomorrow will be a little weak weather front, so i think there is a likelihood we'll have the risk of some afternoon thunderstorms and a heat wave, i think that could e building as we get on into the weekend. i'll tell you more about that and show issue incredible pictures of some terrible flooding today around kentucky. >> thank you, bob. >> the police in had d.c., maryland and virginia will take part in national night out tonight. the event is an effort to get communities across the country involved in fighting crime in their neighborhoods. in d.c., all available police officers will be on duty to work with residents to celebrate a peacef

bob ryan. >> certainly the humidity. it's a hot day, but nothing really exceptional. look at the temperature here. northwest washington, we made it up to 90 degrees. the record, by the way, 1930. 102. even at that, our temperature at 90 was only between degrees above our average. and now we're back into the 80s. it is humid and so the heat index makes it feel like it's into the low 90s. we'll be seeing more of that, that is hayes and humidity. tomorrow will be a little weak weather...

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some people are bteng for>>>bobryan,storm center 4. want to keep you posted with snow weather. tornado warning remains in effect for st. mary's county. those are the areas under the gun right now. you can see southen parts of st. mary's county and especially this storm does have a history of rotation. right now around leonardtown and heading towards great mills and then st. ma'scity. don't take any chances if you are inside, stay put. look for an interior room away from windows. and, again, this had a history so far no confirmed reports of a tornado but a history of rotation and also the doppler radar indicated hail could be as large as three to four inches. very, very severe thunderstorm, possibly with a tornado in southern parts of m mary's county stashgs put and stay inside and stay safe. tornado warning in effect until 5:15. >> thanks, bob. >>> nearly 46 million people in this country don't have health insurance. still many he figured out a way to get the care they need without paying for it. at least not in the usual way. nbc medical editor dr. nancy snyderman has more in

some people are bteng for >>> bob ryan, storm center 4. want to keep you posted with snow weather. tornado warning remains in effect for st. mary's county. those are the areas under the gun right now. you can see southen parts of st. mary's county and especially this storm does have a history of rotation. right now around leonardtown and heading towards great mills and then st. ma'scity. don't take any chances if you are inside, stay put. look for an interior room away from windows....

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massachusetts john kerry and chris do of connecticut. plus, democraticstrategistbobshurumlong-time political advisor to theenat who helpedri his fams speh of the 1980emoctic national convention. >> the work goes on. the cause endus. the hope still lives. d the dream shall never die. >> and psidential historian doris kear goodwin who author he fitzgerds and the kennedys." captions paid foby nbc-universal television >>> ♪ ♪ >>> friday evening after the moving memial svice in boston, i sat down at the kennedy libraryith hisiece ria shver, and asked her what the tremendous public outpouring meant to her a her family. >> i thinkhat it's extrrdinary. i think dving from hyais porto bosto it s so moving to see pple staing along the freeway gathered on bridg, entirefalies, many inars. boys wit their hands overheir hear saluting. it was areat pce ofmecan hiory that youere ae to dre by, and this was a week day in the mdle of the day, so ople obviously had to ms worktake vacation, park tir cars and wait to just watch a hearse go by, and i tught it was so geners of the pple and moving.

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being sugarcoated. powerball winners in d.c., decide to donate their winnings to acharity.bobisback with a greater chance for s t >>> metro, subway syems now an airline will give it a try. je blue, $599 monthly pass giving customers unlimited flights. pass holders can book flights as soon as three days before they want to travel. visit any of the airlines 56 destinations in u.s., caribbean and south america. the pass is on sale now through august 21st. it will be valid for travel between september 8th and october 8th. >>> a new natural sweetener hitting store shelves. sugar substitute is called truvia. some say it is sweeter than sugar and has no calories. but there may also be downsides. truvia from an extract of the stevia blant b stevia, plant, 250 times sweeter than sugar. >> it is the hottest new sweetener coming out. and everyone is very excited about it. because it is all-natural. and it comes from a plant. you can actually find this plant at your local farmer's markets. >> but there could be a downside. some studies have raised concerns about the use of the sweetener and imp

being sugarcoated. powerball winners in d.c., decide to donate their winnings to a charity. bob is back with a greater chance for s t >>> metro, subway syems now an airline will give it a try. je blue, $599 monthly pass giving customers unlimited flights. pass holders can book flights as soon as three days before they want to travel. visit any of the airlines 56 destinations in u.s., caribbean and south america. the pass is on sale now through august 21st. it will be valid for travel...